About This Blog

I started this blog because the tabs on the Lucero message board kept getting lost when they switched sites. A blog isn't a perfect forum for guitar tabs and chords, but it now has posts for all but a handful of their songs. And, to the best of my knowledge, this is the only source for Lucero tabs that has been endorsed by an actual Lucero guitarist. Accept no substitutes.

Holy shit! That's how that goes... www.lucerotabs.blogspot.com
-Brian Venable

Thank you to the folks who have sent me submissions, suggestions, and corrections. Thanks also to anyone who posted a tab on the luceromusic.com boards. You can find me there posting as Boston Twang. You can also email me at lucerotabs@gmail. Submissions and/or corrections are greatly appreciated.

General Thoughts on Lucero Chords

Ben seems to favor chord variations that fret the B string at the third fret. If a C, Em, G, or A doesn't seem quite right, try:
Cadd9 (x32030), Em7 (022030), G (320033), Asus (x02230)

Also, I think he leaves the E string open on a lot of his D chords (xx0230).

Thursday, May 8, 2008

The Mountain



This used to be one of the worst tabs on here. There was enough info to put you on the right track, but that was about it. Now, it's one of the most thorough. And that's a good thing because Brian wails on this song and his parts deserved to be tabbed.

Main Verses Riff:

This is a bare-bones simple version of the main riff. Essentially, he hammers on a D chord a couple times, picks around Cadd9, and then goes back to D. It's not hard to hear what he plays (how many strums, whether they're up or down, etc.), but it'd be a real hassle to tab and I think this is the clearest way to give folks the gist of it. But let me know if this doesn't tell you what you need to know.

|-0---0-0---0-|---------0---0-|
|-3---3-3---3-|-----3---3---3-|
|-0h2-2-0h2-2-|---0---0-0h2-2-|
|-0---0-0---0-|---------0---0-|
|-------------|-3-------------|
|-------------|---------------|



The leads and solos are tabbed at the bottom of the post.



Riff
Her daddy lost most everything
Riff
On horses whiskey and wedding rings
Riff
A little work and luck, my friend
______A_________________G__________D
Gonna buy that mountain back again


Solo (short)


Riff
California to Tennessee
Riff
Fortune has not yet found me
Riff
Empty hands and leather skin
______A_________________G__________D
Won't buy that mountain back again


G
Endless nights and longer roads
G
None of which have yet led home
G
Come on darlin keep your promise true

Riff

G
Another drink another job
G
Then it's home to you my love
G
Gonna buy a mountain back for you
Riff
I'll buy it for you
Riff

A__________________________G____________D
Cause if I don't you're an awful lot to lose


Solo (long)


Riff
Now when my home again I see
Riff
Gonna buy that mountain for you and me
Riff
Uphill I'll make the rivers climb
A
You can swim with the stars in the fading light
G_________________________________________D
And sleep by the river on a mountain high

G
Endless nights and longer roads
G
None of which have yet led home
G
Come on darlin keep your promise true

Riff

G
Another drink another job
G
Then it's home to you my love
G
Gonna buy a mountain back for you
Riff
I'll buy it for you
Riff

A__________________________G
Cause if I don't you're an awful lot
A____________________G
If I don't you're an awful lot
A__________________________G____________D
Cause if I don't you're an awful lot to lose


______A
Gonna buy that mountain back for you
____G____________________________D
And work these roads until I do


Solo (short) Played over one verse's worth of riffs and chords


|--------|----------------------|
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|-----3----3-5-5^v-3-3-|
|-3h5-5~-|-3h5----5-------------|
|--------|----------------------|


|--------|---------------|
|--------|---------------|
|--------|---------------|
|--------|-----3---3~~~~-|
|-3h5-5~-|-3h5---5-------|
|--------|---------------|


|--------|----------------------|
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|-----3----3-5-5^v-3-3-|
|-3h5-5~-|-3h5----5-------------|
|--------|----------------------|


|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-5s7-7-7-7s5-3--------|
|---------------5-3-5~-|
|----------------------|


Lead Riff
(This appears at the end of the "G" parts. The first time he plays it is at around the 1:50 mark.)

Variation 1

|-------------------|----------------------|
|------10-10--------|------10-10-10--------|
|-9s11-------11s9-7-|-9s11----------11s9-7-|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|

Variation 2

|-------------------|------------------|
|------10-10--------|------10----------|
|-9s11-------11s9-7-|-9s11----11s9-7-7-|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
Solo (Long) This one starts around 2:23 and goes for almost a minute.

Riff
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|-----3----3-5-5^v-3-3-|
|-3h5-5~-|-3h5----5-------------|
|--------|----------------------|

Riff
|--------|---------------|
|--------|---------------|
|--------|---------------|
|--------|-----3---------|
|-3h5-5~-|-3h5---5-5~~~~-|
|--------|---------------|

Riff
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|----------------------|
|--------|-----3----3-5-5^v-3-3-|
|-3h5-5~-|-3h5----5-------------|
|--------|----------------------|

A-G-D
|----------------8-8-|-8------------|
|-----6h8p6-8s10-----|---10---------|
|-5s7----------------|------12-7-7~-|
|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------|

G
|-----------10-12-10--------10-12-10-|
|-s10-10-12-----------10-12----------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

G
|-------10-12-10--10-12^v-12-10----10-|
|-10-12-------------------------12----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

G
|-12^v-12-10----10--10-12-10-10-10-|
|------------12--------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

Riff
|-12s14-14-14-14-12-10-|-------10-10-10-12^V-10-10-|
|----------------------|-10s12---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|

G
|-10-10-12^-10-10---10-10-12^-10-10-|-10-10-12^-10----10-10-10-10-|
|-----------------------------------|--------------12-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|

G
|-10-10-12^-12^-12^-12-10----10-|
|-------------------------12----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

Riff
|-12s14-14-14-14-12-10-|-------10-10-10-12^V-10-10-|
|----------------------|-10s12---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|

Riff
|-17p15----15--15-17p15----15-|-17^v-15p12-15p12-------------10-|
|-------17--------------17----|------------------15p12-10-12----|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

A-G-D
|-10-10-12^v--------10-10-|-12-12s10~~---|
|-------------10s12-------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|


Posted by Noah at 6:11 PM
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